Legal Opinion
Howard v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 15, 1980No. 80-187PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
385 So.2d 739 (1980)
Willie Fred HOWARD, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-187.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 15, 1980.
Willie Fred Howard, in pro. per.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Paul Mendelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
NESBITT, Judge.
The aftermath of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), decided June 29, 1972, which abolished the death penalty, is still upon us.
Following abolition of the death penalty in Furman, prosecutors properly charged persons accused of first…
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